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NASHVILLE – Baseball executives weaved around vacationing families at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center on Monday, crossing indoor rivers and passing Christmas trees.
MLB’s annual Winter Meetings had kicked off, bringing hope that having player agents and representatives from every team under the same roof would ignite a spike in transactions. But there was also a sense that many free agents and teams were waiting – and once superstar Shohei Ohtani decided on his landing spot, his announcement would free up the market.